Critiquing Secular Claims - topical book list

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I'm working on creating a book list on various topics critiquing/debunking claims (directly or indirectly) of secular/liberal views and teachings about the Bible and related topics. Specifically, I'm looking for preferably 1-2 books per topic, and my requirements are that the books be good quality, from a respected author, popular-level, hopefully not longer than 300 pages in length...in other words, a solid basic introduction to each subject. Any input on my list I'm working on below would be much appreciated!

(1) Young-Earth Creationism (evidence in support of YEC, as well as pointing out some basic problems with evolution) - "Faith, Form and Time" by Kurt Wise (with supplemental resource of the AIG website)

(2) Noah's Flood - "Pocket Guide to the Global Flood" by AIG??

(3) Messianic prophecies - "Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 3" by Michael Brown

(4) Documentary Hypothesis (arguing and presenting evidence for traditional authorship, debunking secular ideas, etc) - ??

(5) Archaeology - "The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible" by Joseph Holden and Norman Geisler

(6) Historical Jesus - ?? maybe "Reinventing Jesus" by Komoszewski, Sawyer, Wallace

(7) Authorship of New Testament writings (arguing and presenting evidence for traditional authorship) - ??

(8) Canon formation - "Canon Revisited" by Michael Kruger

(9) Resurrection - "The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus" by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona (with supplemental resource of Ehrman-Craig debate)

(10) Bible overview (something dealing with authorship, dating of writing, etc that critiques secular ideas - this could be longer than 300 pages, obviously) - ??

(11) Various Bible contradictions - "The Big Book of Bible Difficulties" by Thomas Howe and Norman Geisler
 
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These issues seem to come back to a "supernatural" worldview. Warfield's article, "Christian supernaturalism," might help in explicating this.

Some difference needs to be made between supernaturalism and preternaturalism. Creationist theories can sometimes border on the preternatural in their quest to build an empirical case for a supernatural act. The same danger is apparent in other apologetical areas. So it is worth taking the time to spell out exactly what supernaturalism entails.
 
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